Long-term survival of an infant with gliomatosis cerebelli: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 346-350

  Rorke Adams, Lucy B ^a,c   Portnoy, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Michigan Head and Spine Institute   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system tumor; Gliomatosis cerebelli; Long term survival

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIENCEPHALON; DYSPRAXIA; GLIOMATOSIS CEREBELLI; GLIOSIS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEADACHE; HEARING TEST; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPONATREMIA; INTELLIGENCE; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MALE; MEMORY; MESENCEPHALON; METASTASIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SURVIVAL TIME; THALAMUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CANCER INVASION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; INFANT; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149164622     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.11.346     Document Type: Article

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